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The Southern Railway Maunsell carriage was the first design family of railway carriages built by Southern Railway (SR) in the United Kingdom. Following grouping in 1923, SR had continued to build carriages to the designs of the previous three main companies (the London and South Western Railway, London Brighton and South Coast Railway and South Eastern and Chatham Railway railways), and the Maunsell carriage was intended to be the standard carriage design for use across the Southern Railway lines, incorporating the best features of each of the former companies' designs. The Southern Railway believed in sets of carriages where groups of carriages stayed together for long periods of time.〔http://www.semgonline.com/coach/maunco01.html〕 The set number always appeared at the break end ==Construction== In 1925 the first order was placed for the first Maunsell carriage. The coaches were 59 ft long with a width of 9 ft 3in and a height of 12 ft 4in.〔http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/1309.html〕 The bogies were SR bogies with an 8 ft wheelbase.〔http://www.semgonline.com/coach/maunco03.html〕 The third class compartments were 6 ft 3in. wide seating 4 a side, while the first class compartments were 7 ft 1 in. wide and seated 3 a side.〔 The body frame was mostly made of wood with steel sheeting, the roof was made of wood with canvas over it, the guard and luggage compartments had a width of 8 ft 7in, with pressed steel duckets between the differences in widths from luggage to passenger compartments. The decision about the gangways was decided in January 1924 with Pullman Gangways being adopted.〔 In total over 1200 Maunsell Carriages were built with 139 sets being formed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SR Maunsell carriage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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